bekens

Verb

beken (third-person singular simple present bekens, present participle bekenning, simple past and past participle bekenned or bekent)

1. (obsolete, transitive) To make known; reveal.
2. (obsolete, transitive) To deliver.
3. (obsolete, transitive) To commit or commend to the care of.
   • Now I bikenne þe criste quod she · and his clene moder.c. 1385, William Langland, Piers Plowman, section II
4. (Scotland, transitive) To commit.
5. (Scotland, transitive) To admit as possessor.
6. (Scotland, transitive) To acquaint; instruct.